Horseshoe.



A. BUTSOHKO.

HORSESHOB.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.18, 1910;

985,249, Patentgd Feb. 28, 1911.

. Wve wtoz AUGUST BUTSCHKO, OF I-IOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

I-IORSESHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Application filed August 18, 1910. Serial No. 577,885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUoUsr BUTSOHKO, a subject of the German Emperor,residing at Iloboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to horse shoes and has for its objecttoprovide a horse shoe. the manufacture of which will be greatlysimplified and which will be so constructed as to be capable of beingadjusted according to the shape of the hoof, and which will be moredurable than the horse shoes of hitherto known construction.

ith these objects in view, my invention consists in the construction,arrangement and combination of parts, which hereinafter will be fullyspecified.

In the accompanying drawing, which forms a partof the presentspecification, similar reference letters denote corresponding parts andFigure 1 is a bottom plan view and Fig. 2 a side elevation of the horseshoe.

My horse shoe substantially consists of a flexible core a of steel orother suitable material bent in the form of a horse shoe, and the shoebody proper which is composed of a plurality of sections 1) of caststeel or the like. These sections are cast around the core, so as toform a solid body therewith and are arranged with narrow spaces 0between each other, whereby the horse shoe can be bent more or lesstogether or apart to make it conform with the hoof of the horse to whichit is to be applied.

The two end or heel castings b and b may be formed integrally withdownward projections forming the heel calks (Z, while the centralsection b may be formed integrally with a downward projection e whichforms the toe calk. Each of the sections excepting the central and endsections, is provided at its bottom with a longitudinal groove f in thebottom of which holes 9 are provided, through which nails can be driveninto the hoof for the attachment of the horse shoe. These grooves andholes are arranged near the outer margin of each section beyond theouter circumference of the core. The central section is also providedwith an upwardly and inwardly curved nose 72 which is adapted to embracethe toe portion of the shoe. If desired, the core a. at its ends andcentral portion may be provided with projections around which the calksections may be cast (as indicated in dotted lines at z in Fig. 1),whereby the calks will be reinforced.

It will be seen that owing to this construc tion, the horse shoe can beconstructed in great quantities to be kept in store for ready use andwhen a horse shoe is to be applied which does not properly fit, the samecan be adjusted by bending.

l/Vhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A horse shoe, consisting of a flexible metal core and a body composedof a plurality of sections cast around said core and arranged with aspace between one another.

2. A horse shoe consisting of a flexible metal core, and a body composedof a plurality of sections cast around said core and arranged with aspace between one another, the end sections and the central sectionbeing formed integrally with calks.

3. A horse shoe, consisting of a flexible metal core having downwardcentral and end projections, and a body composed of a plurality ofsections cast around said core and said projections and arranged with aspace between one another.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST BUTSCI-IKO. Witnesses ARTHUR ll IEEHAN, MARTEN SCHNIBLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

